ouvrir — French to English

How French ouvrir is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ouvrir (33 429), ouvrire (1). By style: everyday 366 · literary 18 · biblical 19 · parliamentary 3 251 · legal and administrative 6 263 · UN documents 23 513.

open

Used about 11 659 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 336 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 626 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 914 · UN documents ≈ 5 758). Forms: open, opening. Meaning: open in the Elamur Dictionary.

• Je peux ouvrir les yeux ?

  Can I open my eyes?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Hybrid · checked, community translation · #4570971 #12444105

• --Oui ou non, veux-tu ouvrir?

  “Will you open, yes or no?”

  Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24196

• Et je pleurai beaucoup de ce que personne ne fut trouvé digne d’ouvrir le livre ni de le regarder.

  Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.

  World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · REV 5:4

• Cela reviendrait à ouvrir la boîte de Pandore.

  That really would open a Pandora's box.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1419330

• Il y a lieu d'ouvrir ce contingent pour l'année 2005.

  It is necessary to open that quota for 2005.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 517153

initiate

Used about 3 397 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 1 957 · UN documents ≈ 1 440). Meaning: initiate in the Elamur Dictionary.

• La décision d'ouvrir la procédure formelle d'examen

  The decision to initiate the formal investigation

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4195549

• d) D ' ouvrir de toute urgence une enquête sur les massacres de Kasika, ainsi que ceux qui viennent d ' être perpétrés à Makobola.

  (d) To initiate, as a matter of urgency, an inquiry into the Kasika massacres, as well as those just perpetrated at Makobola.

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 6567477

• DÉCISION D'OUVRIR LA PROCÉDURE PRÉVUE À L'ARTICLE 88, PARAGRAPHE 2, DU TRAITÉ CE

  DECISION TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE 88(2) OF THE EC TREATY

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1974188

• c) Faire ouvrir d ' office une enquête chaque fois qu ' il y a des motifs raisonnables de croire qu ' un acte de torture a été commis;

  (c) Initiate investigations ex officio whenever there are reasonable grounds for believing that an act of torture has been committed;

  United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27164215

• De l’avis des deux importateurs, il n’existait pas de motifs suffisants pour ouvrir une enquête.

  In the opinion of the two importers, there were insufficient grounds to initiate an investigation.

  DGT-TM v2021 · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2900520

More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

• Tu viens d'ouvrir une boîte de Pandore.

  You've just opened a can of worms.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · #2006520 #3688565

• Combien de temps le feu met-il à s'ouvrir ?

  How long do the traffic lights take to change?

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · #12001990 #12002003

• J'ai entendu dire qu'une super pâtisserie venait d'ouvrir près du métro.

  I heard a great cakery just opened near the station.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and mactrey · checked, community translation · #4635474 #11660021

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